Paul Auster wins major literary award in Spain
by sernabad
Paul Auster, 59, was awarded Spain's The Prince of Asturias Award for Letters yesterday.
Auster, whose latest novel, Brooklyn Follies (2006), was released earlier this year was praised by prize committee president, Victor Garcia de la Concha, as "...one of the U.S. greatest living writers."
Auster, married to author Siri Hustvedt, will receive the 50,000 Euro ($70,760) purse in an October 2006 ceremony.
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